10 Highest Reported EU Plastic Packaging Waste Estimates per Person, 2024

Ireland has the highest published estimate in this EU snapshot: 64.86 kg of plastic packaging waste generated per person in 2024. Eurostat env_waspac is filtered to plastic packaging (W150102), waste generated (GEN), and kilograms per capita (KG_HAB). The whole economy is covered, including households, businesses and government; this is not household bin waste alone or all types of plastic waste. National waste amounts are divided by average resident population. The ranking selects the ten highest among 23 EU countries with numeric 2024 values in the retrieved snapshot. Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Sweden have no values and are excluded, not treated as zero; no full 27-country ranking is claimed. There is no cutoff tie. Source flags among displayed countries: Portugal is provisional with a break in series; Spain and France have breaks; Italy has a differing definition; Malta is estimated. These qualifications limit comparisons and especially comparisons over time. The EU benchmark is 35.93 kg/person. The October 22 Eurostat release supplies a current hook; upcoming gift and delivery packaging offers plausible seasonal context, not measured holiday waste or rising searches.